Non-skid vehicle-tire.



in the drawings consisting of longitudinal lianges 13 extending inwardlyfrom the side base-anges 14 of the caps and overlapping the edges of thetire. ln this modification, the caps are also provided With transverseor laterally-extending non-skid Wings l5.

The provision or" these non-skid Wings renders the tire particularlydesirable on rutty roads, the wings cutting into the Walls of the rutsand helping to lift the vehicle Wheels out of the same. At the' sametime these Wings are not liable to injure the road or pavement, becausetheir Vouter edges do not extend beyond the faces or tread-portions ofthe metallic caps.

ln either of the embodiments of the in vention, the same furnishes anever-ready, non-skid tread which can be quickly and convenientlyapplied.

My improvement is equally desirable 'for the curved-tread tires ofpassenger cars and the flat tread tires or' commercial trucks.

While l have herein shown the tire provided vvith two rows of such capsor projections and caps, a greater number may obviously be used,according to the Width of the tire, While in some cases a single row maybe sufficient. Y

If desired, the caps of the constructions illustrated in Figs. l-l, maybe linked t0- gether at their sides, as Well as their ends, as shovvn inFigs. 5 and 6, but such side connections are ordinarily not necessaryWith tires having knobs or projections.

The caps and the tire-projections may be of any suitable or desiredshape, but the arranged substantially flush with the treadfaces of thecaps, and means for flexibly connecting the caps. Y

2. A tire tread comprising a series oi' hollow metallic caps havingsmooth tread-faces and non-skid wings extending laterally from the capsand having their tread-edges arranged substantially `liush With thetreadfaces of the caps, and meanstor flexibly connecting said caps.

3. fr vehicle tire provided on its tread with a circumferential row ofmetallic caps forming projections, each of said caps being provided atits ends with laterally-projecting non-skid Wings extending from thebase to the tread of the cap, and means for flexibly connecting thecaps. f

a. A vehicle tire provided on its tread lwith a circumferential rovv ofmetallic caps forming projections, each cap being pro vided at its sidesand ends with base anges resting upon the tire and at its ends withlaterally extending non skid Wings arranged substantially at rightangles to said base flanges, and means for flexibly connecting adjacentcaps.

OSCAR E. BRUVVN.

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` Washington, E. Q.

